Janice Broach reports: Investigators believe credit and debit card thefts at the Jason’s Deli on Ridgeway in Memphis are linked to a virus that infected computers at the restaurant. “The computers received a virus that was unknown before this event,” Special Agent Rick Harlow of the U.S. Secret Service said Tuesday. “It was a new…
Category: Malware
Researcher Creates Clearinghouse Of 14 Million Hacked Passwords
Andy Greenberg reports: Canadian researcher Ron Bowes has created a sort of Wall of Sheep for the entire Internet. By simply collecting all the publicly-spilled repositories of users’ passwords from recent hacking incidents, he’s created a clearinghouse for stolen passwords on his Web site–14,488,929 distinct passwords to be exact, collected from 32,943,045 users. Bowes didn’t…
Virgin Media to inform customers of malware infections
Virgin Media has revealed that it will be sending customers whose computers are infected with malware warning letters. The company announced that it would be taking the step following research which found that nearly a quarter of its customers are affected by some form of malware including viruses, Trojans and spyware. Initially, Virgin Media is…
Most attacks on federal networks financially motivated
Jill R. Aitoro reports: Most malware attacks against federal agencies are financially motivated, seeking to trick computer users into buying fake security software or providing personal information that can be used to hack into their bank accounts. Although espionage and terrorism often are considered the primary motivations for breaking into government networks, 90 percent of…
Malware gang steal over £700K from one British bank
John Leyden reports: A banking Trojan attack has led to the fraudulent withdrawal of more than $1m from online banking accounts maintained with a UK bank since the start of July, according to security researchers. Web-based malware based on the infamous Zeus cybercrime toolkit is being used to steal money via the unnamed bank’s online…
RBS WorldPay hacker extradicted to Atlanta
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Northern Georgia issued a press release today announcing the extradition of Sergei Tsurikov, one of the alleged leaders of the Eastern European cybercrime group that hacked into RBS WorldPay in Atlanta in 2008. Tsurikov had been indicted in November 2009 on federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire…